If you need to go home partway through the day due to illness, you must see one of the Sixth Form first aiders before you will be permitted to sign out and leave. We have updated our Sixth Form dress code to reflect the professional environment of the Sixth Form and students are expected to dress accordingly and appropriately. Smoking is not permitted at all on site or on the path between sites regardless of age.
This is a legal requirement. The Academy has a responsibility to provide a safe and healthy learning environment. Students are not permitted to have driving lessons during the Academy working day. However, an exception is made for practical driving tests. Evidence may be required to demonstrate this.
As part of our voluntary work experience programme, we offer Year 12 students an optional week of work experience with local businesses.
Weekly placements can also be organised students have a suitable gap in their timetable. A confidential counselling service is available for students in the Sixth Form with our team of wellbeing practitioners who are based at the Sixth Form Centre.
The Academy and staff have a general duty to ensure the safety and protection of vulnerable students under 18 years of age who are suffering, or who are likely to suffer, significant harm. This duty also extends to vulnerable students over 18 years old.
Staff have received training in recognising students who may be at risk and need support and the Academy works closely with other external agencies to support students who may experience difficulties. Any enquiries regarding matters of child protection and safeguarding should be referred to them. Every year, Sixth Form students have the opportunity to take part in a visit to distribute aid and support community projects in the Gambia. The visit allows the participating Sixth Form students to witness first-hand the problems that a Third World country faces from an economic, educational and environmental viewpoint.
Beacon Academy. Parent Pay Beacon Academy. Expectations What is required for success at Sixth Form We know that the key to success at Sixth Form is centred on consistent, challenging hard work. OLA became my final choice because it has a long history and mature educational system. However, my passion for languages was another attraction to OLA. My language teacher here is a native speaker. Lessons are taught in small groups, which has helped me in an unimaginable way.
The excellent teaching team in the school, especially those who teach me Languages, Maths, Economics and the English Language Support classes are always ready to help me… even during their own break time! This atmosphere has been created by the teachers who are really engaging and as the school is so small it allows for everyone to be friends with each other across all years.
As I have help from learning support, I feel that the school is very good at nurturing and caring for all needs. The support that I received from learning support encouraged me to stay because I know that I have everything I need to help me if necessary.
OLA Sixth Form allows everyone to take on a role of responsibility no matter how small, I think this prepares us for the future as we learn the idea of true commitment and it helps us develop into young adults with skills we can take into the future with us.
Staying at this friendly and stimulating school is the best decision I have ever made. To find out more visit our Open Events page by clicking the button below. Pre-registration is required for all events. To help you find out more about OLA a digital edition of our latest prospectus is available to be delivered directly to your email inbox. To receive the prospectus please register your details by clicking the button below.
To sign up click the button below. You might think that doing six or seven A-levels will look really impressive on your university application, but biting off more than you can chew is bound to do you more harm than good. The start of Sixth Form is the ideal time to get into some good study habits, as these will help you get the best possible A-level grades, as well as standing you in good stead for university. One of the best things you can do when you start A-levels is to revise as you go along, as this will reduce your revision workload nearer to exam time by ensuring that you learn it properly first time round.
After a class, read up on what you learned to consolidate your new knowledge, and make flashcards with short snippets of useful information on each topic. These will be useful when you revise, both days and months down the line.
Try to utilise as many different resources as you can, as this will give you different ways of looking at the syllabus that will help you absorb information more easily. For example, YouTube is full of videos explaining A-level concepts.
PajHolden, for instance, produces useful videos for A-level Economics students. Other kinds of resources you could use might include revision guides, webinars, the library and museums, to name but a few.
Use them productively to write up your notes from class and get homework done, as this reduces the amount of homework you need to do when you get home, and frees up time to spend on reading more widely and developing new knowledge and skills in preparation for university. You can use lunch breaks productively as well, by going to the library to do some work after a short break to eat.
Not only does this give you extra study time, but it also stops you spending money going to the shops or sitting in a cafe during your free time.
Your first year of A-levels is when you start thinking seriously about applying to university. Order some university prospectuses or look through the ones at your school and attend open days for any you like the look of.
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